Monthly Archives: July 2010

Off on Vacation

Next week Brad and I will be on the Norweigan Cruise Line ship the Pearl, sailing July 25th to Alaska.  Off on Vacation was last modified: July 23rd, 2010 by queen of comps

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Losing at VP – Part 4

You May Try to Play Too Many Different Games or Switch Games Too Frequently These two practices are among the biggest enemies of VP accuracy, even for serious players.  Losing at VP – Part 4 was last modified: July 21st, … Continue reading

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Losing at VP – Part 3

(Check the Comments section on the right – some good ones recently.) Now more from the  2001 “Strictly Slots” articles about losing: You May Not Know the Correct Strategy No VP machine can be played well with intuitive decisions only.  … Continue reading

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Losing at VP – Part 2

More from the 2001 “Strictly Slots” article: You May Not Be Playing the Right Games   You protest, “But I’m playing video poker, not slots.  Everyone knows you have a better chance to win on video poker!” Not quite true!  Losing … Continue reading

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Losing at VP – Part 1

I sat down today to write, as I have been promising, about losing at VP, and suddenly felt overwhelmed. It is such a huge subject.  Where should I start?  Then I remembered I had written a couple of articles about this when I was contributing to … Continue reading

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Those Pesky Resort Fees

The July Las Vegas Advisor contains a chart that shows which Las Vegas casino hotels have resort fees and what they cover and which have not yet succumbed to this malady. Those Pesky Resort Fees was last modified: July 11th, 2010 … Continue reading

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Two New Gambling Books

One of my favorite writers on gambling and casino subjects is Frank Scoblete.  His information is always based on good math and he writes with an entertaining style that makes all his books very readable.  He has two new books out: Beat Blackjack Now and … Continue reading

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Oldsters Do Ziplining

The reservations for ziplining on our Alaskan cruise are now made – yes, for Brad and me as well as for Angela, Steve, Kaitlynn, and Zachary. Oldsters Do Ziplining was last modified: July 3rd, 2010 by queen of comps

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Reno Trip Report

Brad and I just returned from a 4-day visit in Reno.  (The common joke when people found out where we were from was “Can’t you find a casino in Las Vegas?”)  We stayed and played at the Atlantis, which had … Continue reading

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